The Remarkable 2 is going to be delayed

Remarkable has been one of the breakout digital note taking devices of the past generation and many people have purchased one and are quite happy with it. The company had developed the Remarkable 2 and submitted an application to the FCC in early December, this is the last step before a product can be sold in the United States. It looks like the Remarkable 2 is going to be delayed for an indeterminate amount of time, because Remarkable filed a dismissal application. This application states that due to marketing considerations they want to cancel it.

The Remarkable 2 had the specs embargoed for a few months, so it is hard to tell what made it different than the first generation model. There were numerous pictures of the device and it looks like they decided to forgo the home button.

I believe that Remarkable decided to cancel this device because they want to develop a color model that employs the new Print-Color e-paper that can display around 5,000 colors. Hisense already announced a color phone at CES and numerous e-note companies are actively developing new products that will be released in Q3 or Q4 2020.

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times.

I would much rather have a front light than any “color”. Not sure this is a good move by ReMarkable.

AJ

Michael – if you were in the market for reMarkable now, would you be waiting for 2.0 hardware soon, or do you think it’s >6mths off?

MB

I think that remarkable 2.0 should be just the same as 1.0, but only a few minor hardware upgrades. I dont think color is required for this model. much more important are type-C charger in stead of micro usb, buttons in on the side, not bottom. and maybe a little processor update if that would help. im waiting to buy this device since november, but never did it cause i knew 2.0 would come… now its delayed ugh

TtoRnEA

I’d feel weird calling it remarkable, don’t you think?, if they make the 2.0 version the same as you described then is gonna appeal at the same niche public every other company is aiming for, in this case they have to make something different.